History Literature / ScavengerAlliance

** In ''Earth and Fire'', an Earth Girl prequel novella, Jarra's History class features a simulation of what someone with webbing technology in their head would see. Someone like Tad.

* TookALevelInBadass: Blaze seems like a shrinking violet in the first couple of chapters, dodging Donnell for fear of what he wants to talk about now she's eighteen and being bullied by Cage. However, she quickly reveals herself as capable when she's put in charge of the offworlders, explaining what they need to know to survive. But it's when Tad's true identity is revealed that she shows her moral courage: she takes charge of the situation, standing up to the officers who decide to throw Tad off the roof and sheltering him and the other offworlders in her own rooms. This move results in her becoming an officer, which puts her in direct conflict with Cage, in turn forcing her to take charge by calling general justice on him and becoming even ''more'' of a target. Because of this, Donnell offers her the spare Armed Agent weapon he's had stashed for years.

** In ''Scavenger Blood'', [[spoiler:Cage kills Rogue with a rifle used to ''almost'' kill one of Tad's ancestors. This is what leads the good guys to realise that Cage is hiding out in a giant McMansion/ skyscraper owned by Tad's family. This works against him as Tad uses his web and superuser access to trap Cage in there]].

** He's at it again in ''Scavenger Blood''. [[spoiler:Cage murders Rogue to reignite the feud between the Manhattan and Queen's Island divisions. When Blaze recovers the rifle he used, Tad realises it's the same one used in an assassination attempt on one of his ancestors, and that Cage must be hiding out in that rifle's last known location; the huge McMansion/ skyscraper owned by his family. This is ''bad news'' as this building makes Fort Knox look weak and Cage is now using its advanced defences, but Tad is able to use his web and superuser access to deactivate the defences and trap Cage in there.]]

''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Literature/EarthGirl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, ''Scavenger Blood'', was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

* ProperlyParanoid: Blaze's apartment has eight bolts on the door, and so does her bedroom ''within'' the apartment. This is based on an incident from her childhood, when two bolts proved insufficient. In ''Scavenger Blood'', it becomes obvious that this apartment is the only place Phoenix has felt safe in weeks.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Phoenix. She fell in love with one of a visiting delegation from Beta Sector, but couldn't leave with them when the delegation went home. She joined Tad's expedition as her only chance of reaching Beta sector, only to be stranded in New York and forced to seek shelter with the Alliance. Surrounded by criminals, she's forced to pretend to be romantically interested in Donnell, despite how [[OrientationIncompatibility uncomfortable]] this makes her, to give the criminal divisions an easy explanation for why he's sheltering them. Things only get more dangerous after Tad shoots his mouth off in spite of her warnings, and ''then'' the three offworlders contract the winter fever that killed over thirty of the Alliance.[[spoiler:The fever very nearly kills her, and she spends the whole of the second book in Sanctuary recovering, looking like a worn-out shell of her former self, in constant danger of picking up a secondary infection, ''and still in danger of being murdered''.]] The moment when Blaze realises her apartment, with its eight bolts on the door, is the only place Phoenix has felt safe in weeks borders on Tearjerker.

** ''Scavenger Blood'' adds one: more experienced does not equal better, someone less experienced should be trained rather than LockedOUtOfTheLoop.

** Blaze's name is clearly not a coincidence given that Tellon Blaze will be Jarra's famous ancestor. [[spoiler:Seamus took Blaze as his surname after leaving for Beta sector. Seamus is therefore Tellon and Jarra's ancestor.]]

* {{Irony}}: Both Cage and Luther want to marry Blaze in order to become Donnell's deputy. She takes the position herself.

* MissingMom: Blaze's mother Kiera was killed in the London firestorm.

** ''Scavenger Blood'' all but turns into a ManipulativeBastard face off: [[spoiler: Cage's supporters plan to form a new division, The Bronx.]]

* InternalReveal: In ''Scavenger Blood'', the Division leaders are informed that [[spoiler:Tad is the Wallam-Crane heir, and webbed. They take it pretty well as he just saved their lives.]]

** Framing Rogue for a crime that gets him severely punished, to scare his girlfriend Raeni out of her power bid. This allows Cage to get/ keep Major's loyalty.

** Donell has his moments, too: in ''Scavenger Blood'', [[spoiler: he and Luther stage a series of public, escalating fights that culminate in Luther losing his position as an officer. This turns out to be a ruse: Luther becomes TheMole in Cage's supporters, allowing him to defend Blaze, the offworlders and others when the supporters take Sanctuary. Apparently Luther has [[TookALevelInBadass Taken a Level in Badass]] since whining his way though the first book]].

''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Literature/EarthGirl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, Scavenger Blood, was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

* LostTechnology: Earth at the beginning of Exodus Century was at the height of its technological progress. Then the interstellar portal was invented which led to Exodus Century, with the population leaving in droves to colonise other planets. There weren't enough experts left to maintain the technology which slowly broke down and couldn't be replaced.

* TheStoic: Ice, leader of London division and Blaze's mother's cousin, gets his name from being this. He's NotSoStoioc when it comes to family ties, though, and cries when [[spoiler:forced to reveal that he carried Blaze out of her burning home during the London firestorm, at the cost of leaving her mother to die.]] He kept the secret and allowed Cage to blackmail him to protect Blaze from SurvivorsGuilt.

* TheStoic: Ice, leader of London division and Blaze's mother's cousin, gets his name from being this. He's NotSoStioc when it comes to family ties, though, and cries when [[spoiler:forced to reveal that he carried Blaze out of her burning home during the London firestorm, at the cost of leaving her mother to die.]] He kept the secret and allowed Cage to blackmail him to protect Blaze.

* LostTechnology: Earth at the beginning of Exodus Century was at the height of its technological progress. Then the interstellar portal was invented which led to Exodus Century, with the population leaving in droves to colonise other planets, meaning there weren't enough experts left to maintain the technology which slowly broke down and couldn't be replaced.

* LostTechnology: Earth at the beginning of Exodus Century was at the height of its technological progress. Then Exodus Century happened, with the population leaving in droves to colonise other planets, meaning there weren't enough experts left to maintain the technology which slowly broke down and couldn't be replaced.

** Playdon also mentions the Earth Data Net crashing in 2409 ''Scavenger Alliance'' takes place in 2408. [[spoiler:Presumably Tad is in for a shock.]]

** In ''Literature/Earth Girl'', Lecturer Playdon mentioned "one massive fire that raged for two months" in New York during Exodus Century. The Alliance should probably clear out before then...